Legacy Progress - Day 6

 I set up my microphone in the late afternoon, and recorded a couple of chapters, then went and did other stuff (my nephew has another book he has to read for his English class, so we're doing two chapters a day so we won't be behind when the deadline hits in December), and came back and recorded a couple more.

I unplugged the mic and decided to go for a run, but then helped my other nephew clean and replace his turtle aquarium and replace it with a big plastic tub.  I listed some figures on eBay (Marvel Legends has a new wave that's really good--and selling well--for a change), then got a text from Marshal that I'd screwed up a couple of lines in the chapter I sent him.

So, instead of my run, I sat down and re-did those lines, then decided to do one more chapter, since they're always short.  But this one turned out to be the longest chapter in the book (so far), so it was nearly two am when I finished, and decided that there'd be no running tonight.

All good, right?

Except the next morning (tomorrow's post), when I uploaded the relines for Marshal . . . I realized I hadn't plugged the microphone back in.  It had recorded audio, but not useable audio.  And the longest chapter?

Well, on with the countdown.

Big and Rish "Do-Over" the Anklecast

Over the last couple of months, Big has had me on his podcast to comment on his novella "Do Over" (which I've been spelling do-over all this time), about a middle-aged man gets a chance to re-live the years when he was young, hopefully fixing what all went wrong.

Big presented it in five episodes of the Anklecast, and the last one is available now.  If you weren't aware of it, and want to hear the two of us talk, as well as a twisty time travel tale, go HERE (for Part 1) and HERE (for Part 5).

Legacy Progress - Day 5

I was at the cabin for a day, and really tried to focus on editing.  But I had other projects too, did a little writing, and an awful struggle to stay warm, so I didn't manage quite as much as I'd hoped.

As a lark, I asked Marshal Latham if he wanted to edit a chapter (I asked him this in the middle of recording a chapter), and he said he did.  Though it will surely end our friendship, I sent him one and will gladly add that to my Editing thermometer when he finishes it.

So, on this fifth day (I haven't missed a day working on it yet), I'm 63% through the recording (not including retakes), and 15% through editing.

Rish Outcast 263: Underdecorated 2

Rish finishes the presentation of his story "Underdecorated" . . . just in time to take down your decorations!

Note: I meant to post this before Halloween, but a town ordinance said I couldn't.

To download the episode, Right-Click HERE.

To support me on Patreon, click HERE.

Logo by Gino "Chunderdecorated" Moretto.

Legacy Progress - Day 4

So, I finally sat down and started editing.  Didn't get far on the first day, but the chapters are short.  At this rate, I'll be done in no time.

Oh, apparently, The Pretenders have a song called "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul."  I oughtta look that up sometime.

Legacy Progress - Day 3

I've been doing GREAT when it comes to recording "Legacy."  It helps that most of Abbie's chapters (this time) are short.  Today should've been my best day ever--I had a handful of chapters recorded by about ten o'clock, then I decided to go on a run before I got too tired.  Unfortunately, when I got back, I just wanted to sit on the couch and rest for a few minutes, before getting back to recording.

And I didn't.  I watched all of "Saturday Night Live" (except for Weekend Update, it was fairly mediocre), and then, I simply couldn't bring myself to record again.  That sort of thing happens, and I've already done well, but still, I should be going as hard and fast as I can here at the beginning, because it'll be way harder to do three weeks from now.

In case the above is too crappy to read, I'm at 14 Chapters Recorded, 0 Edited.  Tomorrow, the editing begins.

Legacy Progress - Day 2

 The recording (and not yet editing) continues.

Only finished through Chapter 8, but hey, that's better than nothing.  Something tells me you'll be hearing a lot of that in the coming weeks.

Legacy Progress - Day 1

Considering I just finished reading today, and recorded a podcast with Abbie discussing it, getting three chapters recorded is a win for me.  

But I'll need to hustle, if I can get it all done in a month.

Best Day o' the Year

I deeply love Halloween.  I met this girl, Paola, who claims to love "spooky season" more than anybody, and I thought I'd wish her a happy October 31st . . . but she treats Halloween as so holy, she took the day off.  Touché.

I recently bought another Sean Connery mask to replace the one I lost somewhere.  Unfortunately, it's a Connery-circa-1983 mask, but hey, I'll still use it.  I grabbed it last night to record a Halloween greeting, having forgotten to do so over the past week (I even considered doing it up at the cabin, and was disappointed I hadn't brought it when some cool fog rolled in last week).  I also thought about driving to the cemetery, but instead, just did it outside the storage unit where I keep the mask, since no one was around to interrupt, mock, or attack me.

I decided to do the "Rap" bit from the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller, having known the words for forty years now (what I wouldn't give to hear a recording of little kid Rish Outfield saying, "Darkness falls across the land...").  I rehearsed it once, trying to make sure I got the words right, did the accent, and didn't trip over myself since I can't really see out the eyeholes.

Then it was time to record it.  I went through the whole song with no errors.

And then, at the last possible second (during the laugh), I screwed it up.

Figured I'd share that here.

Charting Legacy Progress

Well, I may have gone and bit off more than I can chew with this one.  Abigail Hilton has sent me another of the novels in her "Hunters Unlucky" series, this one called "Legacy."  I just finished reading it today, and now it's time to start the production on it.  Unfortunately, I farted around (both figuratively and literally) and now the deadline is looming . . . an impossible deadline, considering my perfectionism and the number of mistakes I make.

But tonight, I begin the recording (and eventually editing) process.

By the way, I have recently been fitzing around with A.I., asking it to generate images like this one, for cover art:

Well, I thought it could help me with this project too.  So I told it, "Hey, A.I., would you create me a chart, like one of those goal progress trackers, with forty horizontal lines to measure my 'Recording' goal, and then do an identical one next to it, that I can label 'Editing?'  Oh, and don't make it look too good, so people know I got A.I. to do it; instead, make it slipshod and unprofessional-looking, almost as though a child did it, or someone with two minutes to dedicate to it, not an entire half hour, when he could've been recording?"

And voila!

My Voice on Campfire Radio Theater's "Desecrate"

As you know (Robert), Campfire Radio Theater continually presents the highest-quality audio dramas in podcast form, usually in disturbing and/or totally effed-up ways.  This month's story is called "Desecrate," and I know nothing about the plot, because I'm too scared to listen to it.  But if you're braver than me, it's available now. 

Writer/director John Ballentine proves that anyone can be prodigious, as long as they're 40% talented, 50% hard-working, and 10% stark, raving mad.

These guys always do, hands-down, the highest-quality audio drama, and show no signs of stopping.  And if you want to hear me voice the sheriff in "Desecrate," check it out HERE.